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Techno-economic relevance of absorption chillers to enhance existing 3GDH

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  • Boris Nérot

    (LITEN - Laboratoire d'Innovation pour les Technologies des Energies Nouvelles et les nanomatériaux - INES - Institut National de L'Energie Solaire - CEA - Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives - USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] - Université Savoie Mont Blanc - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - DRT (CEA) - Direction de Recherche Technologique (CEA) - CEA - Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives)

  • N Lamaison

    (LITEN - Laboratoire d'Innovation pour les Technologies des Energies Nouvelles et les nanomatériaux - INES - Institut National de L'Energie Solaire - CEA - Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives - USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] - Université Savoie Mont Blanc - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - DRT (CEA) - Direction de Recherche Technologique (CEA) - CEA - Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives)

  • Roland Bavière

    (LITEN - Laboratoire d'Innovation pour les Technologies des Energies Nouvelles et les nanomatériaux - INES - Institut National de L'Energie Solaire - CEA - Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives - USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] - Université Savoie Mont Blanc - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - DRT (CEA) - Direction de Recherche Technologique (CEA) - CEA - Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives)

  • Bruno Lacarrière

    (IMT Atlantique - DSEE - Département Systèmes Energétiques et Environnement - IMT Atlantique - IMT Atlantique - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris], GEPEA-OSE - Optimisation - Système - Energie - GEPEA - Laboratoire de génie des procédés - environnement - agroalimentaire - IUT Nantes - Institut Universitaire de Technologie - Nantes - UN - Université de Nantes - UN UFR ST - Université de Nantes - UFR des Sciences et des Techniques - UN - Université de Nantes - IUT Saint-Nazaire - Institut Universitaire de Technologie Saint-Nazaire - UN - Université de Nantes - EPUN - Ecole Polytechnique de l'Université de Nantes - UN - Université de Nantes - ONIRIS - École nationale vétérinaire, agroalimentaire et de l'alimentation Nantes-Atlantique - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UBL - Université Bretagne Loire - IMT Atlantique - IMT Atlantique - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] - IUT La Roche-sur-Yon - Institut Universitaire de Technologie - La Roche-sur-Yon - UN - Université de Nantes)

  • Mohamed Tahar Mabrouk

    (IMT Atlantique - DSEE - Département Systèmes Energétiques et Environnement - IMT Atlantique - IMT Atlantique - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris], GEPEA-OSE - Optimisation - Système - Energie - GEPEA - Laboratoire de génie des procédés - environnement - agroalimentaire - IUT Nantes - Institut Universitaire de Technologie - Nantes - UN - Université de Nantes - UN UFR ST - Université de Nantes - UFR des Sciences et des Techniques - UN - Université de Nantes - IUT Saint-Nazaire - Institut Universitaire de Technologie Saint-Nazaire - UN - Université de Nantes - EPUN - Ecole Polytechnique de l'Université de Nantes - UN - Université de Nantes - ONIRIS - École nationale vétérinaire, agroalimentaire et de l'alimentation Nantes-Atlantique - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - UBL - Université Bretagne Loire - IMT Atlantique - IMT Atlantique - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] - IUT La Roche-sur-Yon - Institut Universitaire de Technologie - La Roche-sur-Yon - UN - Université de Nantes)

Abstract

This article studies the economical, technical and environmental aspects of a third generation district heating (DH) network with absorption chillers installed at substation level in order to satisfy the cooling demands. This network solution hence takes advantage of the distribution facilities of existing DH systems. The study aims at evaluating the technical and environmental performances of this new district heating architecture, when sized and operated according to an economic objective using the Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) optimization formalism. It is compared to the case where cooling demands are met using individual chillers. The paper first presents the production, distribution, demand and storage models. Regarding the demand side, different heating and cooling scenarios are studied by varying the proportions of residential and tertiary buildings. The model is fed in a second part with data from the French context. In particular, we rely on typical French weather conditions, thermal loads and energy costs. The analysis of the results focuses on the cooling part. It appears that the thermal network solution achieves on average a 3.6% reduction in the levelized cost of space cooling energy. In the worst case space cooling exergy efficiency goes through a 82% decrease. GHG emissions decrease on average by 7.7% thanks to the absence of leakage of refrigerant with high global warming potential. Overall, these emissions are low due to the low carbon content of French electricity.

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  • Boris Nérot & N Lamaison & Roland Bavière & Bruno Lacarrière & Mohamed Tahar Mabrouk, 2021. "Techno-economic relevance of absorption chillers to enhance existing 3GDH," Post-Print hal-04653769, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04653769
    DOI: 10.1016/j.egyr.2021.08.144
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